Dear Mappers, Since 2005, Platial has worked to pave the way for a world which can be viewed from the eyes of its citizens, "The People's Atlas". To date, between Platial and Frappr, over 5MM maps have been created. Our... Continue reading

Just a few minutes ago, we pushed an update that signals the end of Platial as we know it. The quick things you need to know if you have a Platial map you care about: All maps have been replaced... Continue reading

Now is your chance to beat the imminent rush and export your full archive quality KMZ maps from Platial. We are in the last stages of testing 2 new export tools and would appreciate your participation and feedback. The 2... Continue reading

Shoppingcartography is a mapping activity that tracks where the things we buy are from. Intended for the home or workplace, this world map helps reveal the geography of our shopping in a fun and beautiful way. It is a kit... Continue reading

It would border on negligence to not share these cozy quilted map blankets from Haptic Lab (via @caterina). While being able to get behind their mnemonic impact (especially if allowed to annotate), there is something a little dangerous about wrapping... Continue reading

This morning we started sending email out to Frappr.com members about the imminent retirement of the "Classic" Frappr Guest Map. To clarify, the "New" Frappr Guest Maps, that we created 2 years ago, and offer up from Platial.com/frappr, are safe.... Continue reading

Today we are offering a new way to export and archive your "classic" Frappr maps for offline use. Classic Frappr maps are any maps that still talk directly to the frappr.com domain. Just click on this badge from any embedded... Continue reading

One of my new favorite maps is of the locations of people who loved the show Knight Rider enough to make custom replica K.I.T.T. cars and keep them around for more than 20 years. This is dedication. These are true... Continue reading

Rich Cochrane explores the modern significance of psychogeography. Does modern psychogeography retain anything of the radical agenda of the 1960s? Should it? Does the term really mean much in relation to modern practice? This conversation is taking place in London... Continue reading

Powered in a different way than Platial's people-power,Worldmapper has added some new countries to their maps showing country shapes distorted by population. Worldmapper has a lot of cool mapped data visualization. It is well-worth checking out. They have free PDF... Continue reading

As those of you who have used platial over the past 4 years know, we have never been great at uptime. This current situation is similar, we are working hard to bring things back up but it's taking longer than... Continue reading

Wade Roush created a map of outdoor filming locations from Hitchcock's Vertigo. It's great specifically for it's revelation that narrative "place" might be different than literal "place". Specifically that Big Basin State Park was and actor playing the role of... Continue reading

David Byrne has always been quirky. That's a given, but reading this article about what his ideal city would feel like makes me realize that he's also got a pragmatic side. Don't get me wrong, his vision for an ideal... Continue reading

What is new? The above image comes from the promotional website for Belgia, an idealised 'Belgian-style' community near Moscow, complete with Dutch gables and windmills. We hadn't considered the suburbs of Belgium to represent a suburban domestic idyll, but clearly... Continue reading

Places are multi-faceted. They can be seen, described, and remembered from many different angles. Communicating this notion was one of the original design challenges for the early platial website. At one point we were experimenting with an animated marker that... Continue reading